adopted
Example Sentences
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This suggests that farming was largely adopted by local populations rather than introduced by large incoming groups.
From Science Daily
He had put forward an alternative amendment designed to prevent the security services from misleading public inquiries, but this has not been adopted by the government.
From BBC
Brussels' AI regulation, adopted in 2024, requires systems to respect the EU's copyright rules.
From Barron's
Chait adopted a conciliatory tone, addressing union leaders — who were not present.
From Los Angeles Times
She loved striped T-shirts and had a dozen of them—perhaps too many, she conceded, but she adopted a Marie Kondo tip on folding them in a way that took up less drawer space.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
